In honor of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass (and because we are suckers for great live, participatory music) we will be opening up the brewery at 8pm this Saturday for a post party jam session. dirt-cheap pints, bring your instruments, bring your dancing shoes, bring your funky ole' self.

This is total last minute word of mouth event so please tell your friends. There will be professional musicians from outside the Bay Area in attendance as well as a few local celebrities and most importantly – YOU!

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What exactly is a Hootenanny? Thanks for asking! Hootenanny was used in the early twentieth century America to refer to things whose names were forgotten or unknown. In this usage it was synonymous with thingamajig or whatchamacallit, as in "hand me that hootenanny." Hootenanny was also an old country word for "party". Now, most commonly, it refers to a folk-music party.

Joan Baez made the analogy that a hootenanny is to folk singing what a jam session is to jazz. So in essence, grab whatever instrument you play – guitar, mandolin, cowbell or kazoo – and get your funky self down here!  Don't play an instrument? Bring your clapping hands and tappin' toes.

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